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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Upcycling Wine Bottles

I love decorating with bottles of any shape and color. Using empty wine bottles around the house and accessorizing them is a great way to recycle them. They make beautiful accents! Don't you agree?

Soaking them in a bucket of warm water makes it easier to remove the labels from the bottles. Some labels may require longer soaking than others:

I like decorating my home in Tuscan and French style, and the fleur de lis is one of my favorite accents to use around the house. This finial graces one of the niches in the family room:

They make wonderful tags for the bottles:

Click HERE to see how I made the decoupaged tags. I found the French script background for the tags: HERE

I hot glued the webbing around the middle of the bottle, overlapping the edges:

I re-sized the fleur de lis image from the The Graphics Fairy in Microsoft Word and after cutting it out, I used it as a paper template for cutting out a similar image from a sheet of cork board purchased at the craft store. The paper template is glued to the cork using a glue-stick that prevents it from moving while cutting the cork.

The cork fleur de lis cutouts were then painted with black craft paint:

The cutouts were then hot glued to the webbing. Applying the hot glue to the webbing instead of the cork helps it adhere better:

I like how the fleur de lis of the finial is repeated on the bottles:

Filled with few sprigs of faux apple blossoms, they make a wonderful statement. Don't you think?

I wish I could use real apple blossoms from the apple trees in my backyard, but looks like I have to wait few more weeks for mother nature to reward us with her bounty:

For the base I used a cork bulletin board:

I love the detailing of this white wooden frame:

The board was then lined with sheet moss with a few rocks and grapevine balls scattered around:

Aerial view:

Spring in my family room:

Top-View:

So,what you think? Is this a good way to upcycle empty bottles:

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Very Clever! I didn't know the apple blossems weren't real- they look so REAL! (and would ya want to cut the branches of an apple tree filled with blossems that later turn into apples? NO) Very cute and a great idea in recycling!

It's so gorgeous, looking so great. Specially there are your home design and wine bottles are center attraction for me. I really like your style and the design of those wine bottles. Thanks for sharing this!

Hi lovely lady.love" Love" Your wine bottles look so beautiful! This was a great idea Poppy !!Thanks so much for your sweet comments on my new Tablescape.How you have a wonderful week with your family.XXOO Diane

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